HomeMy WebLinkAbout257 - Prohibiting the Sale of FireworksORDINANCE NO. 257
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA,
PROHIBITING THE SALE OF FIREWORKS AND REPEALING
ORDINANCE NO. 180.
The City Council of the Ciyy of Costa Mesa does hereby ordain
as follows:
SECTION 1. FIREWORKS PROHIBITED.
No person, firm, association, or corporation shall sell, display,
give away, store keep, stock, or discharge, fire,explode, or set off
or otherwise dispose of any fireworks or firecrackers of any description
within the City; provided, however, that it shall be lawful, after app-
roval by the City Council, to have the custody, possession, and trans-
portation of fireworks within the incorporated limits of the City to
be used at a public display of fireworks in said City.
SECTION 2. PENALTY.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Ordinance
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine not
to exceed $300.00 or by imprisonment in the City or County Jail not to
exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 3. REPEAL.
Ordinance No. 180 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. ENACTMENT.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect
thirty (30) days after its passage, and prior to the expiration of
fifteen (15) days from its passage shall be published once in the GLOBE -
HERALD and PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and pub-
lished in the City of Costa Mesa, together with the names of the members
of the City Council voting for and against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, this 8th day of September, 1959•
May of the City of osta Mesa
ATTEST:
;0.7 e. Z
City Clerk of the Citywof Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA
I, A. C. SWARTZ, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and
ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby
certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 257 was introduced
and considered section by section at a regular meeting of said City
Council held on the 3rd day of August, 1959, and thereafter passed and
adopted as a whole at a regular session of said Council held on the
8th day of September, 1959, by the following roll -call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN- B. SMITH, MEYERS, J. SMITH
NOES: COUNCILMEN- PINKLEY
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN- REA
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the Seal of the City of Costa Mesa, this 10th day of September, 1959•
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
Chef DefV7r
LEGAL NOTICE
ORDINANCE NO. 257
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, PRO.
HIBITING THE SALE OF FIRE.
WORKS AND REPEALING ORDI-
NANCE NO. 180 .
The City Council of the City of
Costa Mesa does hereby ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1. FIREWORKS PROHtB-
ITED.
No person, firm, association or cor-
poration shall sell, display, give away.
store keep, stock, or discharge, fire,
explode, or set off or otherwise dis-
pose of any fireworks or firecrackers
of any description within the City;
provided, however, that it shall be
lawful, after approval by the City
Council, to have the custody, posses-
sion. and transportation of fireworks
within the incorporated limits of the
City to be used at a public display of
fireworks in said City.
Any person who violates any of the
provisions of this Ordinance shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be
punishable by a fine not to exceed
8300.00 or by imprisonment in the
City or County Jail not to exceed
six months, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
SECTION 3. REPEAL.
Ordinance No. 180 is hereby re-
pealed.
SECTION 4. ENACTMENT.
This Ordinance shall take effect and
be in full force and effect thirty
(30) days after its passage, and prior
to the expiration of fifteen (15) days
from its passage shall be published
once in the GLOBE -HERALD and
PILOT a newspaper of general cir-
culation, printed and published in the
City of Costa Mesa, together with the
names of the members of the City
Council voting for and against the
same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, this 8th
day of September, 1959.
JOHN W. SMITH
Mayor of the City of
Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
A. C. SWARTZ
City Clerk of the
City of Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, A. C. SWARTZ, City Clerk of the
City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio
Clerk of the City Council of the City
of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the
above and foregoing Ordinance No. 257
was introduced and considered sec-
tion by section at a regular meeting
of said City Council held on the 3rd
day of August, 1959, and thereafter
passed and adopted as a whole at a
regular session of said Council held on
the 8th day of September, 1959, by the
following roll -call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN—B. Smith,
Meyers, J. Smith
NOES: COUNCILMEN—Pinkley
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN—Rea
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the
Seal of the City of Costa Mesa, this
10th day of September 1959.
A. C. SWARTZ
City Clerk and ex -of-
ficio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of
Costa Mesa
Published Globe -Herald and Pilot
Costa Mesa, Calif., Sept., 11, 1959 0-55